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Introducing Habitats

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Consolidation Worksheet 1What Is a Habitat?Look at the pictures below. Does each picture show an organism, a population, a community or a habitat? Write your answers below each picture.

a. b. c.

d. e. f.

g. h. i.

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a. b.

Habitat: Desert Habitat: Garden Factors: Factors: • •

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Habitat: The Acrtic Habitat: Mangrove Factors: Factors: • •

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Consolidation Worksheet 2What Are the Environmental Factors of a Habitat?Some habitats are shown below. For each habitat, choose two words from the box below to describe the environmental factors. Each word can be used only once.

BrightCold

DryHot

ShadyWarm

WetWindy

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Consolidation Worksheet 3What Are Some Common Habitats?Match the eight organisms below with the correct habitats.

Organisms OrganismsHabitats

Rainforest

House

Farm

Ocean

Cat

Seaweed

Frog

Chicken

Orchid

Cow

Octopus

Gorilla



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Consolidation Worksheet 4What Is an Identification Key?Look at the identification key for different types of animals found in a garden below.

Write the letters that represent the animals in the boxes below.

Start

Does it havewings?

Does it havea beak?

Does it havelegs?

Does it havewebbed feet?

Does it havea shell?

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Butterfly

Centipede

Frog

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Fun and Games

Crossword!

Complete the crossword puzzle using the clues given below.

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Down:1. A group of organisms of the same kind living together is called a . 3. Plants and animals need the in air to live. 5. Different groups of plants and animals living together is called a . 6. An key is a way of organising things so that we can understand

them better.7. soil cannot hold much water.


Across:2. A living thing is also called an . 4. The living factors and factors affect the survival of organisms in a

habitat.8. is the measure of how hot or cold an environment is. 9. The amount of rain can affect the amount of in an environment.10. A place where an organism lives is called a .



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Exam PracticeProcess skills: Observing, Inferring

Tom received a cactus plant as a gift. He kept it inside his room and watered it every day.

After a few days, he noticed that the plant did not look very healthy. Min told him that the cactus was not growing well as it was in an unsuitable habitat.

a. In which habitat is the cactus found naturally? [1 mark]

b. Name two characteristics of the habitat in your answer in ‘a’. [2 marks]

c. Name two ways in which Tom can ensure that his plant grows well. [2 marks]

Hint:How can Tom change the

characteristics of the plant’s habitat so that it is as close as possible to its

natural habitat?


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Glossary

GlossaryChapter 2: Introducing Habitats

Community A group of plants and animals that live in the same place

Environment The natural world

Habitat The place where an organism lives

Identification key A key that shows how things can be similar of different, and can be used to identify an organism in which each stage shows descriptions of two features, with a direction to another stage in the key, until the organism is identified

Living factors Organisms and their conditions that influence another thing or result

Microhabitat A habitat that occupies a small area

Organism A living thing

Physical factors Natural conditions (such as air) that influence another thing or result

Population A group of organisms of the same kind that live together

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